Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:45:38 +0200 From: Kurt Roeckx To: Li-Kai Liu Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: VIM Colors Message-ID: <20011007214538.A162@ping.be> References: <20011007180313 DOT D2774 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> <3BC08418 DOT 7040504 AT likai DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3BC08418.7040504@likai.net>; from news@likai.net on Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 12:34:32PM -0400 On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 12:34:32PM -0400, Li-Kai Liu wrote: > > > >It's not broken. There's just no default vimrc file as in the 5.x > >release. Add `syntax on' to your $HOME/.vimrc file. > > > also there is a bunch of other behavioral changes "without default vimrc > file" ... including the weird escaping from insert mode and weird > backspace behavior (it won't delete beyond the insert point). so i added > the following lines in my $HOME/.vimrc to get back to work as quickly as > possible. Both are normal behaviour of vi. You need to escape from insert mode before you can move around, and while in insert mode you can only remove what you added. It are extentions from vim, and alot of other clones, that do allow you to do that. Kurt -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/